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`RUG 0R MAT. No. 386,628. Patented July 24, 1888.

UNTTED STATES .IOHN DAVIDSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORPATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. LYNN, OF MOUNT HOLLY, NE\V JERSEY, AND CHARLES C. PETTIT, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RUG OR MAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,628, dated July 24,1888.

Application filed April 9, 1898. Serial No. 270,042. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DAvrDsoN, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Rugs or Mats, of which the following isa specitication.

My invention relates to that class of rugs or mats known as cocoa mats,in which a cenro ter portion having tufts of coarse cocoa fiber iscombined with a patterned border of wool or other material liner thanthe center, the object of my invention being to provide a border havinga pattern of as elaborate a chari5 actor as may be desired withoutunduly increasing the cost of weaving the rug or mat. This object Iattain in the manner hereinafter set forth, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a View of a rug or mat madein accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an exaggerated diagramillustrating the mode of weaving a mat in accordance with my invention.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the border portion ofthe mat,and Fig. 4 is a like section through the center or cocoa portion of themat.

Ordinary rugs or mats of the character to which my invention relateshave a center por- 3o tion of coarse cocoa fiber formed into tuftsconfined to the threads of the warp, and a border of wool or other tinerthread which is likewise tufted, the border being ordinarily made by theprocess known as fingeringi-that is to say, strands of each colorrequired by the pattern being picked up from below the warp by t-helingers at the proper points so as to be looped around the warp, andthese loops being afterward cut at the top so as to form tufts 4oconfined by the warp-threads. This, as will be evident, is a tediousprocess, which precludes the use of any considerable number of colors inthe border or the format-ion of any but patterns of the simplestcharacter. In order to overcome this objection, therefore, I make theborder A of the rug with a chenille weft, a, the threads of which arecolored to correspond with the desired pattern to be produced, thischenille thread being bound by ne wai-ps b, which are tied down by weft-5c threads d, shot across the shed from side to side, although thechenille wefts are only introduced in those portions of the shed whichcorrespond with the borders of the rug or matthat is to say, they extendcompletely 5 5 across the shed at the opposite ends of the mat to formthe end borders, but between those portions are confined to a limitedarea at the outer edges of the warp, corresponding in width to the widthof the side borders of the mat. (See Fig. 2.) Two or more of thesechenille wefts are introduced into each side border forevery row oftufts f of coarse cocoa ber in the center B of the mat, the latter beingbound by warps g of a coarser character. than those employed for bindingthe chenille threads of the border. The coarse warps, however, extendfrom edge to edge of the mat, and with the thick wefts d form the backof said mat, the spreading of the tufts of coarse ber in the center ofthe mat and of the chenille threads in the border being sufficient tocover and hide the thick weft and warp threads of the backing. (SeeFigs. 3 and 4.)

The tufting of the cocoa threads in the center portion of the mat iseffected in the usual way by passing the bunch of strands alternatelyunder a raised warp of the shed and over a slotted bar above the same,and afterward cutting the loops by a knife passed through the slot ofthe bar, this forming no part of my invention.

It will be evident that by forming the border upon the mat in accordancewith my iuvention patterns of a very elaborate character and having agreat number of colors can be produced with great facility, so that amat of a much more acceptable character than those now iliade can beproduced with but little if any increase in the cost of the same.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN DAVIDSON.

W'itnesses:

WILLIAM D. CONNER, HARRY SMITH.

